The Effective Reproduction Number as a Prelude to Statistical Estimation of Time-Dependent Epidemic Trends

DOI10.1007/978-90-481-2313-1_5zbMath1345.92151WikidataQ56880189 ScholiaQ56880189MaRDI QIDQ2820311

Hiroshi Nishiura, Gerardo Chowell

Publication date: 15 September 2016

Published in: Mathematical and Statistical Estimation Approaches in Epidemiology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2313-1_5

zbMATH Keywords

basic reproduction number; susceptible individuals; epidemic; transmissibility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

62P10: Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis

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